Hackensack police investigating claims that middle school student was hit

By AARON MORRISON

Staff Writer |

The Record

HACKENSACK — Police are investigating claims by parents of a student athlete that a middle school teacher physically assaulted their son at the school last week, in an incident that was caught on video surveillance.

Although the family filed a complaint with police last Friday, criminal charges have not been filed against the teacher, said Capt. Thomas Salcedo of the Hackensack Police Department, which is investigating the claims along with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s office.

The boy’s father on Monday said school officials allowed him to view the video he says clearly shows a Hackensack Middle School teacher bumping and hitting his 12-year-old son during a morning basketball game last Wednesday.

Hackensack Schools Superintendent Karen Lewis declined comment on the incident Monday. The teacher and his lawyer did not return calls for comment on Monday.

Hackensack police investigating claims that middle school student was hit

By AARON MORRISON

Staff Writer |

The Record

HACKENSACK — Police are investigating claims by parents of a student athlete that a middle school teacher physically assaulted their son at the school last week, in an incident that was caught on video surveillance.

Although the family filed a complaint with police last Friday, criminal charges have not been filed against the teacher, said Capt. Thomas Salcedo of the Hackensack Police Department, which is investigating the claims along with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s office.

The boy’s father on Monday said school officials allowed him to view the video he says clearly shows a Hackensack Middle School teacher bumping and hitting his 12-year-old son during a morning basketball game last Wednesday.

Hackensack Schools Superintendent Karen Lewis declined comment on the incident Monday. The teacher and his lawyer did not return calls for comment on Monday.